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Fridays with Keenan's Cutting EdgeEnriching your life through plants with Tricia Keffer(This is a Replay)Plants + People = LoveMake a great first impression for your clients with some beautiful plants in your office. And, at the end of day at home when the shoes are off and a beverage in hand, set up a home garden space to relax and enjoy some quiet time. Plants refresh us in body, mind, and spirit. Tricia will discuss easy, functional “how to do it” tips for your home or office “garden”Contact: Tricia KefferWebsite: SummertimeLandscapeDesign.comEmail: SummertimeLandscapeDesign@gmail.comPhone: 850-716-9259To learn m...
2025-03-0358 minFridays with Keenan's Cutting EdgeEnriching your life through plants with Tricia Keffer(This is a Replay)Plants + People = LoveMake a great first impression for your clients with some beautiful plants in your office. And, at the end of day at home when the shoes are off and a beverage in hand, set up a home garden space to relax and enjoy some quiet time. Plants refresh us in body, mind, and spirit. Tricia will discuss easy, functional “how to do it” tips for your home or office “garden”Contact: Tricia KefferWebsite: SummertimeLandscapeDesign.comEmail: SummertimeLandscapeDesign@gmail.comPhone: 850-716-9259
2024-01-2958 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureA Northern Gardener's Guide To Native Plants And Pollinators by Lorraine Johnson and Shelia CollaA Northern Gardener's Guide to Native Plants and Pollinators: Creating Habitat in the Northeast, Great Lakes, and Upper Midwest. By Lorraine Johnson and Shelia Colla. Illustrated by Ann Sanderson. Published by Island Press in 2023Pennies add up. We can all make a difference with climate change, biodiversity, and human health and wellness. This exquisitely illustrated guide to northern native plants is the first step in that journey. Anyone can follow these easy steps to creating a sustainable, lower maintenance landscape on their property. The heart of the garden "book" contains more than 300 native plants and...
2023-10-301h 05
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureSmaller Cities in a Shrinking World: Learning to Thrive without Growth by Alan MallachSmaller Cities in a Shrinking World: Learning to Thrive without Growth by Alan Mallach. Published by Island Press in 2022. More is never enough. Have we reached the balance of a sustainable human population that affords us a comfortable and ecologically sustainable life style in harmony with the Earth? What does that economy and city look like? How does it function? These and many other practical questions - and answers - is the thesis of this book. Join me in conversation with Alan to understand the data about the human population and how this affects all of...
2023-08-2455 minFridays with Keenan's Cutting EdgeEnriching your life through plants with Tricia KefferPlants + People = LoveMake a great first impression for your clients with some beautiful plants in your office. And, at the end of day at home when the shoes are off and a beverage in hand, set up a home garden space to relax and enjoy some quiet time. Plants refresh us in body, mind, and spirit. Tricia will discuss easy, functional “how to do it” tips for your home or office “garden”Contact: Tricia KefferWebsite: SummertimeLandscapeDesign.comEmail: SummertimeLandscapeDesign@gmail.comPhone: 850-716-9259
2023-06-1958 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureTricia at Tango 3 Coffee, Niceville, FL : Coffee Shop Ambience SoundsGood morning,I enjoy sipping a cuppa chai with croissant at my favorite cafe in Niceville, FL : Tango 3 Coffee. On a Saturday morning, I read through the next book for my Sunday Coffee interviews, take a instagram photos of it, and write questions for the authors. I thought you might like to join me. The coffee shop culture began in Europe and took off during the Age of Enlightenment. The last hundreds of years have produced many an idea at a coffee shops with people writing novels, ideas, and general gossip. If you need...
2023-06-131h 34
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureSophia Lacroix, Professional ArtistWebsite: http://www.sophialacroix.com Instagram: @Sophia_Lacroix_ArtistSophia Lacroix is a Haitian born US resident that found the love of her life - Fine Art. From an early age art was solace and gift that transformed her life in ways she could only imagine. After immigrating to the U.S. at the age of 15 in the mid-1980s, she earned a full academic scholarship to University of Florida and graduated with a B.S. in Nutrition Science. However, art has been her passion since she was four years old.Sophia...
2023-06-1358 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureRoadways For People: Rethinking Transportation, Planning, and Engineering by Lynn PetersonRoadways For People: Rethinking Transportation, Planning, and Engineering by Lynn Peterson. Published by Island Press in 2023Listening. It's a long lost art in the transportation and urban design matrix. Too many times, the scoop and problems are being decided by people outside the community. In Lynn's book she details her journey to become a better engineer by going back to school for an Urban Design Masters Degree. The insights she learned have resulted in better projects for communities. The people are more happy with the functional designs of the complete streets and roads to connect them.
2023-04-0951 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureWhite Pine: The Natural and Human History of a Foundational American Tree by John PastorWhite Pine: The Natural and Human History of a Foundational American Tree by John Pastor. Published by Island Press in 2023The roots of the tree, in this case, the White Pines of North America are the metaphorical roots of our democracy, collaboration, and beauty. Beginning with the Native American tribes coming together to bring peace to a landscape and later to the revolutionary American war from the King of England. This species of tree has seen it all. Join me in for an enlightening conversation with Jon Pastor about the remarkable travels this species has taken across i...
2023-04-0855 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureThe Home Cafe: Creative Recipes for Expresso, Matcha, Tea and Coffee Drinks by Asia Lui ChapaThe Home Cafe: Creative Recipes for Expresso, Matcha, Tea and Coffee Drinks by Asia Lui Chapa Published by Page Street Publishing Co. Salem, MA 2022Human connections begin with drinks and food. It's about starting the morning or the weekend with family, friends, and partners - or brothers and sisters. Its a quiet moment to wake up in the morning or an after work drink to wind down the day. Happy Hours can be at coffee shops OR your very own The Home Cafe. This isn't just a recipe drink book. It's about exploring the cultures...
2023-03-0938 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureBuild Beyond Zero: New Ideas for Carbon-Smart Architecture by Bruce King and Chris MagwoodBuild Beyond Zero: New Ideas for Carbon-Smart Architecture by Bruce King and Chris Magwood. Published by Island Press in 2022The amazing thing is that we have the technology and the planning to capture carbon to bring our beautiful home - The Earth - back into balance. The biggest emitter of carbon is actually our homes. It's the built environment that is causing so much havoc in our atmosphere. Life here is possible because of the warm cozy blanket that envelopes the Earth but we do not an extra wool blanket of carbon. Too much carbon, and we...
2023-02-021h 09
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureThe Progress Illusion: Reclaiming Our Future from the Fairytale of Economics by Jon EricksonThe Progress Illusion: Reclaiming Our Future from the Fairytale of Economics by Jon Erickson. Published by Island Press in 2022Who invented the economics theories we hold in high regard today? Who do they serve best? Are they really giving us the full economic picture for today's society? In this conversation, we learn about the who, what, when, where, and why we have for the current economic models for our global society. Where is it taking us for the future? Freak-economics have lead us to only value the price tag on - everything. We have over...
2023-01-3150 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureUnderstanding Disaster Insurance: New tools for a more resilient future by Carolyn KouskyUnderstanding Disaster Insurance: New tools for a more resilient future by Carolyn Kousky Published by Island Press in 2022Do you really know what's included or more importantly what's NOT included in your insurance policy? Our climate change is fast changing our security and risk for our biggest investments: homes and businesses. Hurricanes, tornados, fires, and drought - Oh My! It's getting harder to live on planet Earth. How do we prepare for the worst and hope for the best? Insurance. In this conversation, you'll learn more about risk and assessing your own risks. Instead of...
2023-01-3141 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureDarlene Crone-Todd PhD BF Skinner Foundation BoardHappy Holiday week 2022Today's guest is Darlene Crone-Todd from the BF Skinner Foundation.As my audience may know, my first career was a dolphin trainer at the Gulfarium in Ft. Walton Beach Fl. I have been used the BF Skinner teaching methods for not just dolphins but in teaching swimming, teaching my employees, and managing my various businesses. I am thrilled to introduce this amazing group of people who are carrying the light of the positive reinforcement torch on today. My very special guest today is Darlene Crone-Todd from the BF Skinner Foundation fr...
2022-12-291h 15
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitecturePlace & Prosperity: How cities help us to connect and innovate: by William FultonPlace & Prosperity: How cities help us to connect and innovate: by William Fulton Published by Island Press 2022Where are you from? Where do you live? These are the two most common and powerful questions we ask and answer to each other. It's deeply personal to our sense of identity and place in a community. What is this "place" we call home? How do places come into being? Why do we long to go back "home" ? Or, do we want to explore and find a new community? Mr. Fulton has these questions too and he has...
2022-12-0851 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureRural Renaissance: Revitalizing America's Hometowns through Clean Power: by L. Michelle MooreRural Renaissance Revitalizing America's Hometowns through Clean Power: by L. Michelle Moore published by Island Press 2022Each step on our power grid journey has benefited humanity. The coal we burned fueled homes, businesses, and lifted us out of poverty. Now today, we have an opportunity to use new technologies to a new level. With clean technology made in America, we can be more independent with local decision making for a better community system.Michelle takes us through "how to do it" step by step with her principals for an even better future for rural areas...
2022-12-0750 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureExercises in Architecture: Learning to Think Like As Architect by Simon UnwinExercises in Architecture: learning to think like as architect 2nd Edition by Simon Unwin published by Routledge in 2023 Each art form has it's own language. While we may not equate architecture with written music, it is - just like it. As the author discusses from his own struggles with learning architecture, he discovered architecture anew while teaching it. How do we communicate? Does architecture communicate with us? The answer is yes if we are aware of it. It forms the basis for our daily lives in many humble and not so humble ways.Architecture informs o...
2022-10-0259 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureManaging The Climate Crisis by Jonathan Barnett & Matthijs BouwManaging The Climate Crisis: Designing and Building for Floods, Heat, Drought, and Wildfire by Jonathan Barnett & Matthijs Bouw Published by Island Press in 2022It's getting hot on planet Earth. There are forces in motion that can be reversed but we will have to deal with the effects of floods, heat, drought, and wildfire for the foreseeable future. How can our communities adapt today so that we can live a full life and reverse the effects for the next generation? There are steps we can take today because pennies do add up.Join me i...
2022-08-0756 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureProfessional 3D Artist, Brandi Long, MFABrandi Long, MFA website and social linksGood morning! I'm so excited to bring you my first professional artist interview. Today's guest is a colleague of mine from Florida International University art program. The video interview portion will be posted to my YouTube channel to see her new studio and artwork from her MFA show at the Frost Museum. Brandi Long was born and raised in Miami Florida. She first became interested in artwhen she was around the age of fifteen. In her early years, she mainly painted and used her
2022-07-1847 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureNo Farms, No Food by Don StuartNo Farms, No Food Uniting Farmers and Environmentalists to Transform American Agriculture by Don StuartWhat happens when a farm fails? Sold? Retires? These are not easy answers but they can have devastating results for the communities and environment they serve. Mr. Stuart takes a good, hard, long look into the research and reality of the decisions we make about our food. We discuss the history of farms in the US. The "why and how" they landed there. And, the financial realities to make food. Real Estate - It's a balancing act. Wh...
2022-07-1759 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureEcologies of Inception: by Simone FerracinaEcologies of Inception: Designs potentials on a warming planet by Simone Ferracina published by Routledge in 2022Humans have utilized raw materials for - ever actually. We love art and to create useful vessel for our food, survival, warfare, and entertainment. It's how we shelter ourselves and brings us comfort. Since the industrial revolution, we are still following the tabula rasa concept of form from matter at an increasing and alarming rate. The prevailing thought of designing are way out of it may not be enough. Can we upcycle, recycle, downcycle our way out of the he...
2022-07-1750 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureThe Blue Revolution: Hunting, Harvesting, and Farming Seafood in the Information Age by Nicholas P. SullivanThe Blue Revolution: Hunting, Harvesting, and Farming Seafood in the Information Age by Nicholas P. Sullivan Published by Island Press in 2022.Fishing - it's not as easy as it sounds. It's one of the world's oldest professions and not really understood by the public at large. I have lived on the Gulf Coast most of my life and being surrounded by water; I've not really understood it. We all want a sustainable resource for our generation and the next that is healthy and strong. It's a big question with many people involved trying to figure out how t...
2022-06-0353 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureLatour for Architects by Albena YanevaLatour for Architects by Albena Yaneva published by Routledge in 2022This book is an introduction to Bruno Latour. He is a leading figure in Social Sciences today. In the past decade his Action-Network Theory (ANT) has gained much popularity in the field of architecture. This book discusses his philosophy and how it applies to specific methods of new thinking in architecture and design pedagogy. It demonstrates these methods in practical examples of architectural practice and urban design. This book argues for the ANT-inspired approach to architecture and how the methodological insights can outline new research...
2022-05-1756 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureDon't Shoot the Dog by Karen Pryor guest Ken RamirezDon't Shoot the Dog: The Art of Teaching and Training. Karen Pryor Published by Simon & Schuster 2019 ReprintDo you want more creativity from your students, employees, or maybe yourself? Are you trying to save the planet? Or, maybe just follow through on your New Year's resolution this time and forevermore? This is the book for you!I was introduced to this book as a young dolphin trainer by my supervisor Robyn at the Gulfarium in Ft. Walton Beach, FL. It forever "shaped" my behavior and made me a better swim teacher, business manager, and dolphin...
2022-02-1158 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureThicker Than Water by Erica CirinoThicker Than Water : The quest for solutions to the plastic crisis by Erica Cirino published by Island Press in 2021.In this podcast, Erica shares with the audience her journey into how plastic has shaped our lives. It's not always for the best. She documents the plastics that are covering our ecosystems, our homes, and ourselves. How plastic is disproportionally harming communities of color and low income. From the garage patch off the coast of our beautiful state of Hawai'i to the beaches surrounding our nation's coastline, we have a enveloped ourselves in the addiction of convenience of...
2022-02-0646 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureSwamplands by Edward StruzikSwamplands by Edward Struzik published by Island Press in 2021Peat is partially decomposed plant material that builds up over centuries in swampy, waterlogged conditions. Representing just three percent of the earth's landscape, peatland can store four times more carbon than th eAmazon rainforest and twice as much as all of the world's forests. In this book Edward, discusses the major peat bogs in the world in places that may surprise you. Bogs and swamplands were prominent in North America before the early European settlers decided to drain them out of fear and economies. Steeped in mythology a...
2022-01-2353 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureBet the Farm by Beth HoffmanBet the Farm: The Dollars and Sense of Growing Food in America by Beth Hoffman published by Island Press 2021This book is a compelling, deeply personal narrative that delivers a unique view into the realities of the American Farm. Beth covered agriculture and farming as a journalist; however, the reality of being a new farmer with her husband was an eye opener. The first challenge was to negotiate with her father-in-law, who is reluctant to hand over control of the land. They have to find somewhere to slaughter the grass-finished beef and weather the losses of a...
2022-01-1648 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureRecast Your City: How to save your downtown with small scale manufacturing by Illana PreussRecast Your City: How to save your downtown with small scale manufacturing by Illana Preuss. Published by Island Press in 2021In Recast Your City community development expert Ilana Preuss explains how local leaders can revitalize their downtowns and main streets by bringing in and supporting small-scale manufacturing. Preuss shows how this approach helps create thriving places. Small scale manufacturing can deliver local business ownership opportunities, provide well paying jobs, and create communities where people and place are valued. An excellent book for urban designers, landscape architects, and architects. It's about how to build a city fo...
2021-12-0651 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureSchools That Heal: Design with Mental Health in Mind by Claire LataneSchools That Heal: Design with Mental Health in Mind by Claire Latane Published by Island Press in 2021In Schools That Heal: Design with Mental Health in Mind, landscape architecture professor Claire Latane argues that for schools to be supportive learning environments, they must be designed with students mental and physical health in mind. Backed by decades of research, Latane shows how schools that nurture a sense of belonging, providing nature-full spaces, and inspire awe improve students' academic performance and reduce stress, anxiety, disorderly conduct, and crime. Latane highlights ten inspiring examples of schools around the w...
2021-11-1157 min
New Books in ArchitectureR. Sroufe and S. Melnyk, "Developing Sustainable Supply Chains to Drive Value" (Business Expert Press, 2017)Robert Sroufe and Steven Melnyk's Developing Sustainable Supply Chains to Drive Value (Business Expert Press) provides a multi-perspective approach to sustainability and value chains to allow understanding from a variety of disciplines and professional backgrounds.Some of the key features of this book include: Short vignettes of important trends along with relevant management issues; Evidence-based management examples from leading multinational companies, small, and medium enterprises spanning supply chains; References to appropriate tools, emerging technology, and practices; Chapter action items for the reader to take a deeper look at integration opportunities involving sustainability and supply chain management; An...
2020-07-1750 min
New Books in Environmental StudiesR. Sroufe and S. Melnyk, "Developing Sustainable Supply Chains to Drive Value" (Business Expert Press, 2017)Robert Sroufe and Steven Melnyk's Developing Sustainable Supply Chains to Drive Value (Business Expert Press) provides a multi-perspective approach to sustainability and value chains to allow understanding from a variety of disciplines and professional backgrounds.Some of the key features of this book include: Short vignettes of important trends along with relevant management issues; Evidence-based management examples from leading multinational companies, small, and medium enterprises spanning supply chains; References to appropriate tools, emerging technology, and practices; Chapter action items for the reader to take a deeper look at integration opportunities involving sustainability and supply chain management; An...
2020-07-1750 min
New Books in Urban StudiesThaisa Way, "River Cities, City Rivers" (Dumbarton Oaks, 2018)Today I talked to Thaisa Way, editor of River Cities, City Rivers (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2018).Cities have been built alongside rivers throughout history. These rivers can shape a city’s success or cause its destruction. At the same time, city-building reshapes rivers and their landscapes. Cities have harnessed, modified, and engineered rivers, altering ecologies and creating new landscapes in the process of urbanization. Rivers are also shaped by the development of cities as urban landscapes, just as the cities are shaped by their relationship to the river.In the river city, the ci...
2020-07-1655 min
New Books in GeographyThaisa Way, "River Cities, City Rivers" (Dumbarton Oaks, 2018)Today I talked to Thaisa Way, editor of River Cities, City Rivers (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2018).Cities have been built alongside rivers throughout history. These rivers can shape a city’s success or cause its destruction. At the same time, city-building reshapes rivers and their landscapes. Cities have harnessed, modified, and engineered rivers, altering ecologies and creating new landscapes in the process of urbanization. Rivers are also shaped by the development of cities as urban landscapes, just as the cities are shaped by their relationship to the river.In the river city, the ci...
2020-07-1655 minNew Books in Environmental StudiesThaisa Way, "River Cities, City Rivers" (Dumbarton Oaks, 2018)Today I talked to Thaisa Way, editor of River Cities, City Rivers (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2018).Cities have been built alongside rivers throughout history. These rivers can shape a city’s success or cause its destruction. At the same time, city-building reshapes rivers and their landscapes. Cities have harnessed, modified, and engineered rivers, altering ecologies and creating new landscapes in the process of urbanization. Rivers are also shaped by the development of cities as urban landscapes, just as the cities are shaped by their relationship to the river.In the river city, the ci...
2020-07-1658 minNew Books in ArchitectureThaisa Way, "River Cities, City Rivers" (Dumbarton Oaks, 2018)Today I talked to Thaisa Way, editor of River Cities, City Rivers (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2018).Cities have been built alongside rivers throughout history. These rivers can shape a city’s success or cause its destruction. At the same time, city-building reshapes rivers and their landscapes. Cities have harnessed, modified, and engineered rivers, altering ecologies and creating new landscapes in the process of urbanization. Rivers are also shaped by the development of cities as urban landscapes, just as the cities are shaped by their relationship to the river.In the river city, the ci...
2020-07-1658 min
New Books in Business, Management, and MarketingRobert Sroufe, "Integrated Management: How Sustainability Creates Value for Any Business" (Emerald, 2018)Integration has been a key theme across the general management, organizational behavior, supply chain management, strategy, information systems and the environmental management literature for decades. Sustainability continues to be, at the “top of the agenda” in the C-suite. Despite this, specialists in academia and organizations lack the peripheral vision to understand the power of a more integrated approach that will empower functional groups to become best-in-class without forcing trade-offs that pull down other groups connected to overall operations. Integrated Management is the key driver of innovation and profitability in progressive companies. It reduces risks while pursuing new opportunities, and the...
2020-07-1048 minNew Books in Environmental StudiesRobert Sroufe, "Integrated Management: How Sustainability Creates Value for Any Business" (Emerald, 2018)Integration has been a key theme across the general management, organizational behavior, supply chain management, strategy, information systems and the environmental management literature for decades. Sustainability continues to be, at the “top of the agenda” in the C-suite. Despite this, specialists in academia and organizations lack the peripheral vision to understand the power of a more integrated approach that will empower functional groups to become best-in-class without forcing trade-offs that pull down other groups connected to overall operations. Integrated Management is the key driver of innovation and profitability in progressive companies. It reduces risks while pursuing new opportunities, and the...
2020-07-1051 minNew Books in ArchitectureRobert Sroufe, "Integrated Management: How Sustainability Creates Value for Any Business" (Emerald, 2018)Integration has been a key theme across the general management, organizational behavior, supply chain management, strategy, information systems and the environmental management literature for decades. Sustainability continues to be, at the “top of the agenda” in the C-suite. Despite this, specialists in academia and organizations lack the peripheral vision to understand the power of a more integrated approach that will empower functional groups to become best-in-class without forcing trade-offs that pull down other groups connected to overall operations. Integrated Management is the key driver of innovation and profitability in progressive companies. It reduces risks while pursuing new opportunities, and the...
2020-07-1051 min